Appeals court sides with ICE, blocking New Jersey’s sanctuary law banning migrant detention
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Tuesday, July 22, 2025
States cannot actively try to thwart federal immigration enforcement, an appeals court ruled Tuesday, blocking a New Jersey law that sought to ban ICE from contracting with facilities to detain migrants within its boundaries.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 ruling, said New Jersey’s law was written specifically to foil U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s operations, crossing major constitutional lines.
“That law interferes with the federal government’s core power to enforce immigration laws,” wrote Judge Stephanos Bibas, a Trump appointee who was joined in the decision by Judge Cheryl Ann Krause, an Obama appointee.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/22/appeals-court-sides-ice-blocking-new-jerseys-sanctuary-law-banning/
